| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 982-988 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Trends in Parasitology |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This full day workshop was an in-depth exploration of several factors relevant to the multidisciplinary One Health approach, such as community engagement, diagnostic selection, health economics, and zoonotic diseases. The day started with a talk by Darren Gray (QIMR Berghofer MRI) on the importance of getting to know your target community and environment when developing a health intervention, and the role that community consultation plays in intervention success. Rebecca Traub (ASP President, Traub Veterinary Consulting) then delved into diagnostic testing, and the multitude of context-driven factors that should be considered, including the target environment, infection intensity estimates, co-parasitism and logistical factors such as electricity and access. Andrew Larkins (Murdoch University) commented on decision-making in One Health interventions, and the need to consider cost-effectiveness and all associated costs (not just monetary) when reviewing an intervention. The interrelationship between animal health and human health was examined by Andrew Thompson (Murdoch University) and explored in the studies described by Vito Collela (University of Melbourne) and Amanda Ash (Murdoch University), covering the burden of soil-transmitted helminths in humans and dogs in Cambodia, and Taenia solium in pigs and humans in Laos, respectively. In the final session, Dinh Ngoc Nguyen (Tay Nguyen University) and Viktoriya Levytska (Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Science), supported by ASP Disadvantaged Researcher Funding, and Somphou Sayasone (Ministry of Health Laos) and Malavanh Chittavong (National University of Lao PDR), supported by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research funding, presented case studies outlining One Health programs implemented in their own countries, and the associated challenges. Group discussions were held to further explore these challenges as a knowledge exchange between the speakers and conference delegates. Overall, the workshop demonstrated the interdependence of the environment, human health and animal health, and the applicability of the One Health approach to parasitology research.